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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867 KYR-0001-004-1010 BR11-61

Butler County, Kentucky Butler County, Kentucky 1864-06-14 Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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State of Kentucky County of Butler Sct

State To his Excellency The Honorable Thomas E Bramlett Governor of Ky

Your undersigned Adaline Whitaker petitioner -- respectfully asks of your excellency to remit a fine of $20 impossed upon her by a Judgment of the Court of W R Beesley ^a Justice of the peace for Butler County Ky^ on the day of April 1864 -- she states that she is very poor and needy being a widow with three children, that her husband Thomas E Whitaker was a member of the Eleventh Reg Ky Vol Commanded by Col Hawkins and died in the Army at Nashville Tennessee from disease contracted in the service and left her in a destitute condition -- and she further states that said verdict was entirely unsustained by the proof of any ^of^ circumstances connected with the case she therefore prays that said fine be remitted

Adaline Whitaker --

Sworn to before me by Adaline Whitaker this 14 day of June 1864

-- J B Smith J P B C

We the Undersigned state that we are acquainted with Mrs Adaline Whitaker and believe the statements she has made to be correct and know that she is an industrious honest lady therefore pray your excellency to remit the above fine against her

Names D. M. Smith J B Smith Names H T Clark T. C. Carson

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over Solomon. White G W Felty thomas, W, Moore J, A, Dockery Wm Howard P B Romans G W Flener C H Flener A. L Flener Wm H Flener J C Flener A, R, Flener Cavener Phares John Felty Christopher snodgrass Louis. Land Alferd Burden S. P. Lindesey Moses Fleener Wm G Flener John Sipes H Havens W S James A Taylor Lewis Renalds A Coy L Casey C K Embrey J H Sipes Thos W Neel over Stephen Hampton W F Leach Ambers Hunt Clark.. T. Porter G. W. Neel P M Berry thomas m Kitchens W B Hewit John. W. Moore Thos P Ward C, A, Whiteaker Isaac Snodgrass J S Greathouse F Pendley J H Hawes J H Swain

Butler Cir Ct vs Mrs A. Whitaker $30 6th Aug/64

Remit